Konichiwa!

Welcome back! Today I'm gonna talk about the differences in the Japanese and American school systems!



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There are many differnces between Japanese and American schools. Some of the basic fundamental differences would be for example, in Japan, instead of the students moving from class to class, the teachers rotate classrooms instead. So throughout middle and high school you are assigned classrooms. There is an exception to this with science, music and PE though.

Another difference that a lot of poeple know is that in Japan almost all middle and high schools require their students to wear uniforms.

 Guys wear pants, ties and jackets in the winter and spring, and plain shirts and pants in the summer.
Girls wear skirts, jackets, shirts, and either a tie or a ribbon in thw winter and spring. In the summer it is ususally just a shirt, skirt and ribbon.

In Japan, the children attend more school days than the children in America. Their year consists of 240 school days, which amounts to more than 720 additional days in the same 12 year schooling period!!!

The only true holiday that they have is during the Spring season, and this is the time when they move from one grade to another. They also have some holidays in the Summer season, but during this holiday they still have homework and other work to complete.

The teachers suffer in this regard as well, for they have only two weeks of vacation per year.
I'm sorry but I'll have to cut this short for today. I'll continue next time with some more differences. \

Phrase of the day: "Good morning teacher"

                     "Ohyo gozaimus Sensei."

Matane!! (See you later! (informal))